Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone or something that appears fierce or threatening but is actually harmless or means no harm.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tom is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

    ruТом - волк в овечьей шкуре. — marafon

    deTom ist ein Wolf im Schafspelz. — list

  2. I think this bishop is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

    ruЯ думаю, этот слон — это волк в овечьей шкуре. — User55521

    deIch glaube, dieser Bischof ist ein Wolf im Schafsfell. — al_ex_an_der

  3. You are a wolf in sheep's clothing.

    Ти вовк в овечій шкурі. — deniko

    ruВы волк в овечьей шкуре. — marafon

    deDu bist ein Wolf im Schafspelz. — Manfredo

  4. Sociopaths don't want anyone else to know that they're wolves in sheep clothing.

    Соціопати не хочуть, щоб хтось інший знав, що вони вовки в овечій шкурі. — Ahha

  5. Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

    ruОстерегайтесь волка в овечьей шкуре. — Wezel

    deNimm dich vor dem Wolf im Schafspelz in Acht. — Fingerhut

Origin

Humorous alteration of wolf in sheep's clothing.

Humorous alteration of wolf in sheep's clothing.

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Forms

plural: sheep in wolves' clothing

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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